My Brother’s Keeper

[You know how it is these days: nobody wants to get involved.]

Genesis 4:1-10 “And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?” (A murderer asks this question!)

Leviticus 19:17 “. . . thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.”

Deuteronomy 22:1-4 “Thou shalt not see the brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.”

Hebrews 3:12-14 “But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.”

Galatians 6:1 “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

1st Peter 5:1-11 (5) “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”

John 16:26-32 “Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.”

1st Corinthians 10:24 “Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.”

Philippians 2:1-12 (4) “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”

Hebrews 13:1 “Let brotherly love continue.”